Jednak, Lindsey

Students are expected to read a minimum of 20 minutes per night and to complete a reading log due each Monday. Students are also expected to read that same book in school the next day.

Our goal is to read as many books as we can this year and to continue becoming better readers everyday!

What can my child do at home to increase their reading level?

1) Make sure your child is reading books they enjoy on their current reading level!

2) Discuss the books your child is reading at home.

3) Have them read to you a page or two. **They should read 99% of the words on the page correctly or the book is too hard.

4) Discussstrategies to sound out new words they have never seen before and word meanings of words they do not know.

5) Have them summarize what they just read for comprehension. This is a huge indicator if they are comprehending the story. A great strategy for them is to answer, "Somebody, wanted, but, so, then". We practice using this in class.

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Bells Elementary

School

Principal

Ginny Grier

227 Greentree Road

Turnersville, NJ 08012

Phone: 856-589-8441

The mission of the Washington Township Public Schools is to provide a safe, positive, and progressive environment that provides opportunity for all students to attain the knowledge and skills specified in the New Jersey Student Learning Standards at all grade levels, as to ensure their full participation in an ever changing world as responsible, self-directed, and civic-minded citizens.